Lumi Cavazos Filmography

Born:: Monterey, Mexico
Occupation:: Actor
Biography:: One of Mexico's most acclaimed actresses, Lumi Cavazos first grabbed the attention of U.S. critics and filmgoers with her portrayal of Tita, the heroine of Alfonso Arau's celebrated 1993 adaptation of Laura Esquivel's Como Agua para Chocolate. The star of numerous Mexican films, Cavazos has also...Read More

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Las Calles del D.F.

Synopsis: Average everyday citizens face such obstacles as corruption, kidnapping, violence, and racism in an affecting collection of nine stories of survival on the streets of Mexico City. In the world's most densely populated city it's easy to fall through the cracks. Though the people who walk these Read More

2006
Contra Todo...Against All Odds

Synopsis: Directors Michel Franco, Karim Raoul, Dora Pena, and Yuri Makino all pool their talents to craft this Amores Perros-style omnibus detailing the experiences of Latino Americans in the United States. The first tale, entitled "Cyclone," follows a young boy named Miguel as he attempts to navigate the Read More

2006
7 Days

Actors: Eduardo Arroyuelo, Martha Higareda, Jaime Camil, Julio Bracho, Roberto D'Amico

Synopsis: A guy on the lower rungs of the music business shoots for the moon by bringing one of the biggest bands in the world to his hometown in this drama. Claudio (Eduardo Arroyuelo) is a music promoter who is tired of living in the shadow of his successful brother, who came to dominate the business Read More

9/23/05
Hijas de Su Madre: Las Buenrostro

2005
Exposed

Actors: Tate Donovan, Gia Carides, Brenda Strong, Lumi Cavazos

Synopsis: The time has come for the annual Woman of Distinction award to be bestowed upon the most compelling female personality in media, and as the ceremony looms on the horizon and each of the three nominees practice their acceptance speeches, entertainment news television show host Bob Smith probes Read More

2003
Atlético San Pancho

Synopsis: When a football-loving janitor assembles a ragtag team of small-town players into an unlikely team, the stage is set for hilarity in this south-of-the-border take on baseball's Bad News Bears. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide Read More

2001
Bless the Child

Actors: Kim Basinger, Jimmy Smits, Holliston Coleman, Rufus Sewell, Angela Bettis, Christina Ricci

Synopsis: In this supernatural horror story, Jenna (Angela Bettis), an unstable young woman, gives birth to a girl named Cody who proves to be autistic; unable to care for her properly, she turns Cody over to her sister, psychiatric nurse Maggie O'Connell (Kim Basinger). Maggie raises Cody as her own, but Read More

8/11/00
In the Time of the Butterflies

Actors: Salma Hayek, Marc Anthony, Edward James Olmos

Synopsis: Based on the book by Julia Alvarez, this fact-based drama tells the story of a woman who, along with her family, found the courage to defy a corrupt dictator -- and paid a fearful price for their actions. Minerva Mirabal (Salma Hayek) and her sisters Patria (Lumi Cavazos), Mate (Mia Maestro), and Read More

2000
Sugar Town

Actors: Jade Gordon, Michael Des Barres, John Taylor, Martin Kemp, Larry Klein

Synopsis: Ten years after Allison Anders and Kurt Voss collaborated on Border Radio, a gritty and evocative look at life along the margins of the L.A. punk rock scene, the two have reunited for another look at the California music biz, this time aiming their sights considerably higher up the ladder. Sugar Read More

9/17/99
Mascara

Actors: Lumi Cavazos, Ione Skye, Amanda de Cadenet, Steven Schub, Steve Jones

Synopsis: In Linda Kandel's comedy-drama Mascara, three friends find themselves dealing with the not always enjoyable prospect of turning 30 at a time when their lives are already unstable. Rebecca (Ione Skye) has trouble holding a steady job and has gone though a long series of affairs with older men. Her Read More

5/14/99
Entre la Tarde y la Noche

Synopsis: A author preparing to pen her masterwork returns to her small Mexican town in search of inspiration, only to discover just how her secret-shrouded past has molded her into the woman she became in this Spanish-language drama from director Oscar Blancarte. Minerva (Angelica Aragon) has achieved Read More

1999
Fibra Optica

Actors: Roberto Sosa, Lumi Cavazos, Alberto Estrella, Luis De Icaza, Angélica Aragón

Synopsis: This second feature from writer-director Francisco Athie (Lolo) carries a stylish cyber-candescence throughout, courtesy of techno-twists added by production designer Chu Uroz (cables, surveillance cameras, TV monitors, and other electronic gear). Athie's tense politico-thriller begins with a Read More

1998
Bottle Rocket

Actors: Andrew Wilson, Owen Wilson, Luke Wilson, Robert Musgrave, Lumi Cavazos, James Caan

Synopsis: A bright, optimistic caper comedy from first-time director Wes Anderson, Bottle Rocket focuses on a group of young Texans aspiring to become master thieves. Their leader is Dignan (Owen C. Wilson, who also co-wrote the screenplay), an upbeat if naive charmer who convinces his friends Anthony (Wilson Read More

1996
Manhattan Merengue

Synopsis: This romantic musical drama centers on handsome mambo dancer Miguel as he endeavors to get a U.S. visa and leave the Dominican Republic. After numerous rejections, the desperate Miguel stows away on a cargo plane to Puerto Rico where he teams up with an Italian, Carmello, who has come to find a Read More

1995
Viva San Isidro!

Synopsis: In this quirky comedy, a farmer living in a remote, primitive Mexican village finds a downed plane and assumes the fine, white powder inside is fertilizer. The tale begins as the villagers are celebrating a football victory with their star soccer player, Quintino, who scored the winning goal. The Read More

1995
Land of Milk and Honey

Synopsis: In this psychological drama, Sam has come to work on a dairy farm in Marin, California. He had been living in New York, but found himself tormented with terrible nightmares. On the farm he works closely with his friend Danny. Not long after his arrival, Sam gets in trouble with Robert, the owner. Read More

1995
Banditi

Synopsis: When the wife of a former political radical dies after surgery, the man goes over the edge and decides to make society pay for her passing in this Italian crime melodrama. The unhinged widower Amos leaves his job as a watchmaker and begins plotting to punish another ex-radical who sold out and Read More

1995
Like Water for Chocolate

Actors: Lumi Cavazos, Marco Leonardi, Regina Torne, M. Martinez, Ada Carrasco

Synopsis: Based on the best-selling novel by Laura Esquival, this internationally popular romantic fable from Mexico centers on a young woman who discovers that her cooking has magical effects. The tale's heroine, Tita, is the youngest of three daughters in a traditional Mexican family. Bound by tradition Read More

1993
Serpientes y Escaleras

Actors: Hector Bonilla, Diana Bracho, Arcelia Ramirez, Lumi Cavazos, Bruno Bichir

Synopsis: This soapy Mexican melodrama chronicles two young women and their long-term friendship. The story is set in the city of Guanajuato after the revolution. The friends, Rebeca and Valentina have known each other since they were children. Rebeca and her mother are thrown out of their home after her Read More

1993
El Secreto de Romelia

Actors: Diana Bracho, Pedro Armendariz, Jr., Dolores Beristain, Arcelia Ramirez

Synopsis: Romelia's granddaughters have always believed that granny (Dolores Beritain) was a widow. When they accompany her to her hometown to look over a property she has recently inherited, they are surprised to discover that for all those years she was only separated from from her husband, Dr. Roman (Pedro Armendariz, Jr. Read More

1989